D&D 4th Edition, The Trailer

[Harry]

This is the first time I've ever uploaded anything to Youtube, and I'm not sure if I'm violating the ToS, so, we'll see how long it lasts...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqEAubzZjN0

[Ancalagon]

...who's the frenchy?

[Pigs in Space]

hahah, I can never find any fucking thing in those goddam books.

I have memories of the 2nd edition ones, you know, the ones where the indexes actually told you where things were.

Most of the time the 3rd edition books don't even have what you are looking for in the index.


And grappling... my god it can get complicated, once you start adding feats, joining grapples, attacking into/out of, etc... bwahahahahah.




good video.

You know what, I would really like a D&D system that could include networked laptops or palm organizers/tablets, all communicating. The DM could keep track of all player status while running the server app, players could run player apps, it would be awesome.

I don't think wotc would put the money into it though. It would mean the game system wouldn't have to have so many bloody exceptions to the "simple basic rule".

[ColonelHardisson]

Cross-posted...

The video promo at the WotC site, while more than a tad bizarre, does provide a couple of hints of what's to come - one, the online aspect is rather pointedly highlighted but not directly mentioned (though maybe I missed it due to inattention), and two, "the game is staying the same!" (say that over and over for emphasis in a really odd sorta-French accent). The latter indicates, I hope, that the game is gonna be essentially 3e with the biggest problems addressed that have been squawked about consistently. The video directly mentions (and Coopers writes of it above) the complexity of 3e, and specifically uses the grapple rules as an example of stuff that slows the game down. That comforts me. I just wanna know how much of my beloved collection of NPC statblocks will be rendered obsolete...

[GreyOne]

I love that grapple part. So true!

Hey Colonel, I hope you can keep your NPC statblocks too. :p